Hello, anyone here suffers from a skin-picking disorder? If yes, Let's talk about it!

Hey there! Can't we all just brainstorm Good enough reasons to quit this habit?Let's just list whatever we can think of.. 1. Not having to hide my fingers 2. Not having to deal with scars 3. Enjoy some manicure on my fingernail. 4. Attract positive attention instead of negative attention. 5. Restoring hope for the future

Heyy. How's your day? Can you talk about your experience with skin-picking. Feel free to say anything, it would be nice to know people's motives and experience when it comes to skin-picking

I do!

I’m doing pretty well. I’ve suffered from it for a long time, although it wasn’t until sometime over the last year that I learned about dermatillomania and realized that was probably what I had. I usually only pick one spot on my lip and sometimes I do pick it until it bleeds. I don’t really have a lot of motives for it because I get the urge to pick it at so many different times no matter how I’m feeling. I get stressed when I’m picking and I realize there’s something I have to do that involves both hands because that means I have to stop picking.

Interesting. For me I think it developed from stressful events in the past, I used picking as a way to cope. I usually pick the skin around my fingers which sucks since people can see it, often comment on it, and I just use any excuse except the truth. Idk I feel I haven't found a strong enough reason to stop, maybe I delude myself by thinking picking helps me but when I see the resulting effects on my fingers It ruins my esteem and makes me feel ashamed

I agree it’s hard to find motivation to stop picking. The urge is so hard to resist.

yesss I pick at my skin and my hair a lot and sometimes bleed from picking my skin :/